Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,523, platted in 1830.
Chesterfield gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $154K for a typical one, or 1.9 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 470th of 585 in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its schools rank behind 80% of the state's and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 77% of the country. On the plus side, 6% of its land is conserved. Chesterfield’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, where Indiana’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Chesterfield has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them George Makepeace House and Chesterfield Spiritualist Camp District.
Where Chesterfield beats most towns.
Where Chesterfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Chesterfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 203 in 1870, 2,490 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2012 and 2 maps from 1960 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Chesterfield, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Chesterfield.
In the comparison, Chesterfield comes against 1.9% in Indiana’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. 1.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Walbridge Acres Park, at 32 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Walbridge Acres Park | 0.2 mi | 32 |
| 2. Makepeace Park | 0.2 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 1.9 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income, the typical home (about $154K) costs less against local pay than in 93% of Indiana towns; that ratio is one input to its A+ for cost of living. Home values rose 53% in five years, to about $154K, against 29% across Indiana.
The typical Chesterfield home is worth about $154,000, up 3.2% in a year, 40% below the Indiana typical home.
| Chesterfield | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $964 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 76% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Chesterfield.
| Chesterfield | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Chesterfield | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 19.1% | 15.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 8.1% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32.5% | 28.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Chesterfield for work: only 5% work in town. The median household income in Chesterfield is $59,000. The top destinations are Anderson (23%), Indianapolis (13%) and Muncie (7%).
| Chesterfield | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $59,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.9% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Chesterfield has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chesterfield. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
38 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
36 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
38 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
25 mi MuseumConner Prairie
19 mi TheatreRuoff Music CenterLucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Chesterfield
About 2 of every 100 Chesterfield residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
2 places in Chesterfield on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Indiana, United States
Chesterfield is a town in the U.S. state of Indiana which lies in Union Township, Madison County, and Salem Township, Delaware County. The population was 2,490 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson metropolitan statistical area.
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2 towns share a border with Chesterfield.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield | #470 | C+ | A+ | — | C− | C− |
| Daleville | — | — | A | — | B | B |
| Anderson | #563 | D | A | C− | C− | D |
Daleville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Chesterfield and Daleville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Chesterfield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Chesterfield grades C+ overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #470 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.
